What’s the coolest thing about God?

[Starlight]

This is a little off topic, but since a couple of people here seem to agree that the coolest thing about God is Love, I have to wonder why that is so cool. What I wonder about is why people feel a need to be loved by God. I don't feel any such need, and besides, what good would it do if God was Love? What difference would it make?

I can understand why people feel a need to be loved by people in their lives because that love can be demonstrated and reciprocated. Such is not the case with God.

Many humans has a love to each other that is not uconditional. God's love is uconditional and pure. I need real love in my life. Most humans can not give me that

 

[Starlight]

I'm glad that you've found peace in believing that God is love and loves us all unconditionally, but I've never experienced it, so it's not something I believe.

I hope you soon will experience it

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

I was thinking much along those same lines

And there is hardly an abundance of evidence for a loving God given the way the world is

I think wishful thinking is a factor

That's my sentiment as well. I agree that there is hardly an abundance of evidence of a loving God in this world. There has never been any evidence of a loving God in my life or in the lives of the other former Christians I know from my survivors of childhood abuse support group, nor in the lives of the other former Christians I've met elsewhere during my life. I've never once experienced anything that felt remotely like love and comfort from the biblical God. To be honest, given what I've been through in my life, I don't see any reason for me to believe that will ever change. I don't accept the "better late than never" excuse that I sometimes hear from Christians. My reaction to this has always been along the lines of "a day late and a dollar short." Now I say, no thanks.

 

[Starlight]

That's my sentiment as well. I agree that there is hardly an abundance of evidence of a loving God in this world. There has never been any evidence of a loving God in my life or in the lives of the other former Christians I know from my survivors of childhood abuse support group, nor in the lives of the other former Christians I've met elsewhere during my life. I've never once experienced anything that felt remotely like love and comfort from the biblical God. To be honest, given what I've been through in my life, I don't see any reason for me to believe that will ever change. I don't accept the "better late than never" excuse that I sometimes hear from Christians. My reaction to this has always been along the lines of "a day late and a dollar short." Now I say, no thanks.

You do not need to believe in the biblical God. I believe God has no religion. God is beyond religion

 

[metis]

You do not need to believe in the biblical God. I believe God has no religion. God is beyond religion

Amen.

 

[Eddi]

You do not need to believe in the biblical God. I believe God has no religion. God is beyond religion

What are your beliefs about God and revelation?

Does God ever communicate with humans in any way?

 

[Starlight]

What are your beliefs about God and revelation?

Does God ever communicate with humans in any way?

God communicate with humans in the soul and heart. Messangers or holy souls has understood that.

 

[Eddi]

God communicate with humans in the soul and heart.

How?

(I'm not interrogating you, I am interested in your perspective)

 

[Trailblazer]

Many humans has a love to each other that is not unconditional.

I agree.

God's love is unconditional and pure.

That is the belief of many theists.

I need real love in my life. Most humans can not give me that

I need real love in my life. God cannot give me that since God is not here.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

I hope you soon will experience it

Thanks for your kind sentiment, but I'm not holding my breath. I mean no offense to you. I've learned the hard way not to believe in such a thing.

You do not need to believe in the biblical God. I believe God has no religion. God is beyond religion

There's an old adage that says, "With friends like you, who needs enemies?" That is my opinion of the biblical God, and that includes your version of God as well. Neither you nor anyone else who believes in God will ever be able to convince me that he is loving and loves us unconditionally. To be honest, a lifetime of emotional anguish and feelings of hopelessness in regards to believing in a loving God have taught me otherwise. My personal experiences as a former Christian have turned me into an agnostic who realizes that I can't prove or disprove the existence of any deities. Therefore, I don't know if there is only one god, multiple gods, or none at all. Having said that, I don't rule out the possibility that there could be deities existing somewhere beyond my knowledge because I believe in supernatural phenomena, and they could be one part of the phenomena. This is why I'm an agnostic rather than an atheist.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

I need real love in my life. Most humans can not give me that

I have had real love (unconditional love) in my life for the past 31 years with my husband. The love I experience from my husband is the first time I've truly felt love from another person. Our children also love me unconditionally. I'm 50, and I've never experienced anything like it from another person or from any god, the biblical God or otherwise, in all the years I've been alive. My husband taught me what real love is. I didn't believe in love before I met him.

 

[Trailblazer]

I have had real love (unconditional love) in my life for the past 31 years with my husband. The love I experience from my husband is the first time I've truly felt love from another person. Our children also love me unconditionally. I'm 50, and I've never experienced anything like it from another person or from any god, the biblical God or otherwise, in all the years I've been alive. My husband taught me what real love is. I didn't believe in love before I met him.

You are a lucky dog, as the saying goes. Not all people are that lucky, but I know a few who are. I believe my late husband also loved me unconditionally, and I loved him unconditionally. Like you, that was the first time I ever felt love from another person. I think my parents loved me, but they did not know how to express it. I had no children so this may be the end of love in my life. Maybe I am luckier than some people who never had that kind of love for as long as I did, 37 years, so I am grateful for it, although it hurts like hell when I think about what I lost.

 

[Starlight]

How?

(I'm not interrogating you, I am interested in your perspective)

God communicate with us not to our pshysical ears but to our soul. When God communicate to our soul we get an idea, an impression, an inspiration, a feeling, or just a sense of well-being.

 

[Frank Goad]

That he felt so sorry for us he sent his son to die on the cross for are sins..

 

[Trailblazer]

The coolest thing about God is that He sent Messengers.

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